“Christianity is discriminated against in Europe”: that’s the accusation recently made by Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek, president of the auxiliary tribunal of Krakow established to the cause of beatification of John Paul II. “In spite of that, Christians ought not to obstruct the process of European integration”, added Pieronek, continuing his reflections on the problem of European integration he had begun as part of the spiritual exercises held during Lent in the church of All Saints in Warsaw. “Many proponents of unification have no intention of recalling Christianity as the basis of unity. This is proof of the fact there are those who are trying to server our roots and create another Europe, where there will no longer be room for Christianity”, said Msgr. Pieronek, adding that “democracy has the obligation to protect minorities, but it must not for that reason ignore the majority”. In his view, “room for Christians is beginning to grow scarce in Europe now”. But he also criticised those “who try to obstruct the process of integration, branding every supporter of that process an enemy of Christianity”. “Affirming that “neither law nor treaties shall decide the fate of religion and the Churches in Europe”, Msgr. Pieronel emphasized that “the Church fulfils her mission not thanks to the benevolence of the authorities of a secular State, even if desired, but draws her vitality from the genuine power of witness of the Gospel”.
